Best goal

Russia’s second against Holland. Marvellous run to the byline by Andrei Arshavin and inch-perfect cross to the far post for Dmitri Torbinski to score

Best save

Gianluigi Buffon to repel Adrian Mutu’s penalty and keep Italy alive against Romania. Going the wrong way, Buffon improvised a save of the highest class

Best quote

‘If Gattuso personifies the spirit of the Italy team, then I’m a priest’ – Luis Aragones, Spain coach

Tactical masterclass

Russia’s Guus Hiddink humbling Holland. Eat your hearts out, England

Comeback kings

Turkey, 2-1 down after 87 minutes, hitting back to beat the Czechs 3-2

Ground-swallow-me-up moment

Petr Cech, ‘the world’s best goalkeeper’, throwing in Turkey’s equaliser

Whoops, there goes the reputation

Italy’s Luca Toni made Emile Heskey look like Geoff Hurst

Moment of madness

France’s Eric Abidal getting sent off for flattening Toni. No barn door was at risk from the Italian’s banjo

Starburst

Russia’s Andrei Arshavin [they do say most prefer waxing]. Stellar against Holland, Arshavin, inset, was anonymous against Spain

Moody Rolex bad timing award

Luiz Felipe Scolari announcing he was quitting after Euro 2008 to join Chelsea. Portugal never won again

Biggest bottler

France’s Lilian Thuram, who dropped out of the vital match against Italy because he was ‘not mentally right’

Good riddance

Italy and coach Roberto Donadoni, after unwelcome echoes of catenaccio

Biggest embarrassment

The host broadcaster was sunk by an electrical storm on Wednesday, losing transmission for lengthy periods, at home and abroad, as Germany v Turkey reached its exciting climax

Ken Bates warm welcome award

Swiss press ‘volunteer’ in Zurich who, glancing at your correspondent’s accreditation badge, sneered: ‘English? What are you doing here?’ The overheated response? ‘We’ll remember that come next season’s Champions League’

Worse than Selhurst Park

Getting to Basle’s stadium by public transport. What a nightmare

Bane of the tournament

‘Tourists’ in the press box, never actually writing anything but snapping everything and everybody with their phone cameras. One took pictures of herself waiting in line for press tickets

Strange priorities

See previous. The Sun and the Sunday Telegraph were among those denied tickets for certain matches while Korean, Japanese and Colombian journalists were given preference. All right, England weren’t here, but it is the European Championship

Best drink

Caipirinha. A rum-based mind-blowing concoction that comes from Brazil

Worst drink

Any Swiss beer, aka cats’ pee

Friendliest fans

The Swiss, all smiles and alcoholic bonhomie

Worst boors

The all-singing, all-insulting Germans. Are they England in disguise?

Tedious sideshow

Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid

Alchemist’s award

Turkey’s Fatih Terim. How did ‘Imparator’ [The Emperor], as he is known, make so much of so little, when he had half a team either injured or suspended?

Team of Euro 2008

(4-4-2) Casillas (Sp); Sergio Ramos (Sp), Puyol (Sp), Marchena (Sp), Lahm (Ger); De Rossi (It), Ronaldo (Por), Silva (Sp), Ballack (Ger); Arshavin (Rus), Villa (Sp)

CASTROL INDEX TOURNAMENT REVIEW

Sum of distance of all players 6,695,679m
Top speed recorded Ivica Olic (Croatia) 31.76 kph v Germany
Most yellow cards Turkey 16
Most red cards France/Germany/Turkey 1
Most fouls committed Ballack 17
Most minutes played during the tournament Anyukov (Russia) 480 mins, Semak (Russia) 480 mins, Zyryanov (Russia) 480 mins, Balta (Turkey) 480 mins
Fewest minutes played during tournament Kovac (Czech Rep) 3 mins
Which goal was scored the earliest? Modric v Austria 4 mins